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trimersurus albolabris
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by deadbeatd69 on October 14, 2004
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i have a problem feeding my little trimi its about 3 months old they told me that i have to make him angry with pinky well i tryed put nothing he didnt eaven bit it
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by Phobos on October 14, 2004
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Hi:
Did you read this article yet?
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/articles/53
Are you using newborn pinkys? I've had to get a pregnant mouse and collect her babies right after birth to get the right size.
Gently pressing the pinky down on the tail or mid-section is the way to get the stubborn ones to bite in my experience. Make sure the pinky is HOT if it's frozen thawed. They need a very strong heat signature sometimes.
Good luck,
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by deadbeatd69 on October 15, 2004
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ok thank you i'll try that tonight the pinkyes i have are very very small
and my apologiez if there are some grammar or spellling mistakes english is not my native language
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by Trex on October 15, 2004
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Well, I can relate what you're going through because of my baby popes. I asked anyone and everyone for help, and I got many different answers. First I give you what I think was good advice, then I'll tell you what I do (mine are now 6 months old).
The best advice I think, was to use a very small wire with a warm pinky part on the end, just barely hanging no there. Sneak up to the enclosure, and slowly introduce the food, without being seen--if possible. The Trims like to ambush their prey, so if they get the feeling that they are not threatened, they'll see the food as prey and hopefully attack it as food, not as a defensive move. If they see you, a really big scary guy, with huge foreceps coming at him, you have essentially ruined his appetite.
The other way is to tap him on the tail, provoking a strike and hopefully a swallow. This takes time and doesn't really create a food-strike response, but rather a defensive strike with eating as an after thought.
Or, you can do like I did in the beginning... I mixed a solution of babyfood, vitamins, calcium and warm water to create a paste. I then used a small tube to slide down their throats as I "injected" them with food.
Now, at 6 months, they're still a problem. I first try the long wire trick, which works one out of three times (I have three babies). When that fails now, I place them in a large Rubbermaid, use a soft, flexible straw to lie across theirnecks as I use small tweezers to ta their restrained mouths until they open and bite it. Once it's caught on a fang, they'll eat, trust me.
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by deadbeatd69 on October 21, 2004
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thank you i know but i live in estonia and here is winter about 5 months and in the wintrer i have not a change to get a frog
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